I will post more photos and news very soon of Saturday's brilliant Crystal Palace Children's Book Festival! But some friends came over for the afternoon and their joyfully bouncy sprogs managed to do a real jobbie on my books, toys and flat and I am still recovering, so I will put it off til tomorrow.

In the meantime, you can see the yak I drew on the train when Viviane Schwarz, my very tired, blu-tack-obsessed 7-year-old neighbour friend and I had a yak drawing session on a journey that was supposed to be fifteen minutes and turned into a three-hour voyage. (Viviane has written it up here on her ultra-addictive blog.) I didn't know Viviane very well before Saturday, but now I can confidently say that Viviane's fab and that there are few people with whom I would rather be stuck on a train and sing show tunes.

i didn't get to talk to you much at crystal palace - didn't realise you had been on a three hour journey! poor you (espec poor little neighbour, who, i must say, looked jolly despite). i've got some pics up of the festival on my blog but my pics of youare on a video heh heh heh. now where will i find the time to edit it?